Pontiac’s fast start was not enough to post a victory over Herscher in a nonconference baseball tilt at Williamson Field Thursday.

Nor did the Indians lose. The Tigers were able to rally to forge a tie and then the two sides played an extra inning before darkness won out, leaving the game knotted at 9-9.

Pontiac scored six runs in the first inning and added three in the second for a 9-0 lead.

PTHS starter Jacob Curry was cruising along in his first high school start, but the freshman stumbled in the third frame. He was pulled after going 3 1/3 innings. He gave up two unearned runs on two hits.

Branden Seal yielded seven hits and gave up seven earned runs in two innings as Herscher tied it with three runs in the fifth inning and four in the sixth. Eric Keller shut the door after giving up two hits and three walks while fanning two in 2 2/3 innings.

Neil Lambert collected four hits and Jon Roberts contributed three safeties and two runs batted in for the Tribe (2-0-1). Jason Priest doubled and single and Curry helped his cause with a hit and two RBIs. Ben Weber and Aaron Jiles each drove in a run.

Grant Park 5, Dwight 4

GRANT PARK — The last batter did in Dwight as the Trojans lost a 5-4 nonconference decision to host Grant Park Thursday.

Owen Pulver gave up a home run as the Dragons completed a rally from a 4-0 deficit.

DTHS scored a run in the first inning and added two in the second for a 3-0 advantage. A run in the fourth padded the lead for starter Chris Peck. Peck gave up a run on four hits while striking out five and walking one in his four innings.

Pulver took the loss after yielding four runs — three in the bottom of the seventh — on three hits. He walked three and struck out two.

Ryan Kodat had a run-scoring double and Colton Fieldman drove in a run with a base hit. Carson Banks and Peck each doubled, as well.

ON WEDNESDAY, Dwight faced Putnam County and played to a 7-7 tie in a game that was called because of darkness.

Banks started and struck out three in his two innings. Kiefer Kious fanned two over the final four innings of the shortened contest.

The Panthers led 3-0 before the Trojans got on the board with a run in the bottom of the second inning. Putnam County led 5-1 after batting in the third.

Page 2 of 2 - Dwight closed the margin in the last of the third inning with two runs, and then tied it at 5-5 with two runs in the fifth frame off Austin Gantzert’s two-run shot.

Each side scored twice in the sixth.

Aaron Wyllie had three hits, including a run-scoring double. Gantzert contributed his homer and Karsen Kopmann had two hits.

Putnam County 9, WFC 6

HENNEPIN — The Panthers rebounded Thursday with a 9-6 nonconference win over Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell.

Nate Roemer took the loss in relief of starter Alec Dutko. Roemer gave up four runs, just one earned, in two innings. Dutko scattered seven hits and gave up five runs. He walked two and struck out one.

Tommy North had two hits and a run batted in for the Warriors. Alex Erschen doubled and drove in two runs while Roemer doubled and drove in a run.

“Outside of that inning, we played good ball tonight,” WFC head coach Todd Hoffman said. “We hit the ball better than our first game and our defense was good.”